Yesterday, the 27th of January I've attended the Round Table "Russia and the West. New cold war?" held at ISPI on the occasion of the italian release of the book by Edward Lucas "The New Cold War: Putin's Russia and the Threat to the West", published by "Università Bocconi Editore".
Attended as speakers: Aldo Ferrari, from ISPI and Ca' Foscari University of Venice, the author Edward Lucas from The Economist and the ambassador Sergio Romano from Corriere della Sera.
Intolerance of dissent, open hostility towards the closest more democratic countries and a selective use of energy in order to divide the West are making Russia a danger, according to Edward Lucas.
Putin's Russia has been on a collision course with the West, but Europe and America seem to have not realised that. Under the label of "sovereign democracy" is developing an authoritarian system, the bearer of an antidemocratic and anti western ideology, not free from imperialist temptations, as demonstrated by the attack on Georgia in August 2008 and the trial of strength with the ' Ukraine for gas supplies. The murders of Anna Politkovskaya and Aleksandr Litvinenko, relevant due to the echo that they had in the West more than for their singularity, rather demonstrate the determination of the Russian regime not to tolerate dissent.
Much of the developement of these delicate relashionship will greatly depend on the President Barack Obama and the US orientation....
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Attended as speakers: Aldo Ferrari, from ISPI and Ca' Foscari University of Venice, the author Edward Lucas from The Economist and the ambassador Sergio Romano from Corriere della Sera.
Intolerance of dissent, open hostility towards the closest more democratic countries and a selective use of energy in order to divide the West are making Russia a danger, according to Edward Lucas.
Putin's Russia has been on a collision course with the West, but Europe and America seem to have not realised that. Under the label of "sovereign democracy" is developing an authoritarian system, the bearer of an antidemocratic and anti western ideology, not free from imperialist temptations, as demonstrated by the attack on Georgia in August 2008 and the trial of strength with the ' Ukraine for gas supplies. The murders of Anna Politkovskaya and Aleksandr Litvinenko, relevant due to the echo that they had in the West more than for their singularity, rather demonstrate the determination of the Russian regime not to tolerate dissent.
Much of the developement of these delicate relashionship will greatly depend on the President Barack Obama and the US orientation....
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Obamanomics: How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics (Economics in the Obama Presidency) by John R. Talbott
Today, on the occasion of the release of the italian edition of the book by John R. Talbott "Obamanomics" published in Italy by "Università Bocconi Editore", has been held a Round Table at ISPI, where took part Boris Biancheri from ISPI, Tito Boeri from Bocconi University, Alberto Martinelli from Milan State University, Fabio Ranchetti from Pisa University and Corriere della Sera and John R. Talbott himself in a teleconference communication.
Talbott, bestselling author, is considered as one of the first to predict the current housing and mortgage crisis, has been focusing his attention to the economic and social challenges of the new presidency, as well as to economic possibilities achievable under a Barack Obama presidency.
http://massimilianomauriello.blogspot.com/2009/01/obamanomics-economic-and-socil...
Talbott, bestselling author, is considered as one of the first to predict the current housing and mortgage crisis, has been focusing his attention to the economic and social challenges of the new presidency, as well as to economic possibilities achievable under a Barack Obama presidency.
http://massimilianomauriello.blogspot.com/2009/01/obamanomics-economic-and-socil...